tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890201239716147144.post271435133388218781..comments2019-05-25T00:22:23.881-05:00Comments on The Geekly Weekly: Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the . . . llamas of war?Rodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05450762165610169765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890201239716147144.post-89471605247362177522017-07-18T08:02:33.602-05:002017-07-18T08:02:33.602-05:00....and all my life I thought you had to go fly wi.......and all my life I thought you had to go fly with Frank Sinatra to see Llamas. PS. The sole purpose of a &quot;software engineer&quot;, is to make the complex more complicated. This is how they justify their existence. Sorry Rod, I couldn&#39;t help myself. <br />W J Andy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022707972146288662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890201239716147144.post-80638221807636368672017-07-17T14:14:19.878-05:002017-07-17T14:14:19.878-05:00Interesting point abut the unions! In today&#39;s ...Interesting point abut the unions! In today&#39;s tech-driven workplace, the unions could be doing a lot of good if they helped folks retrain, set aside funds for education, lobbied for employers to provide some transition mechanisms!Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450762165610169765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890201239716147144.post-6837990571888109522017-07-17T09:04:20.456-05:002017-07-17T09:04:20.456-05:00Moving from wrangling to engineering (I&#39;m told...Moving from wrangling to engineering (I&#39;m told out here in Microsoft/Amazon land that programers are known as &quot;engineers&quot;) reminds me that some time ago I read that in today&#39;s world one would anticipate haveing five jobs, perhaps all quite different, in one&#39;s working lifetime. When I read this, and being a strong union advocate, it stuck me that union&#39;s were somewhat derelict always trying to preserve jobs instead of working to help members transition. Even today, I read little of helping folk transition. We do a pretty good job with management level types, but the guy slogging it out in the mines or fields?Mike Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727915781377112341noreply@blogger.com